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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Droid-ify Always Run in Background (lemmy.today)

submitted 7 months ago by sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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With the latest Droid-ify update (0.6.2) they added "always run in the background" as an option. What benefit would I gain if I allowed this? I never thought I had a problem without it and now every time I open the app a notification pops up that requires me to hit allow or deny to move on. I can't find a way to disable that.

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[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

allows downloading updates in the background.
the app won't run 24/7 (only wakelocks on demand)

e.g. you could start downloading a couple of gigabytes of updates, close the app to foreground or lock your phone and expect them to not be interrupted

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago

Fantastic, thank you very much